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11th January, 2024

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For Immediate Release

ABLAKWA WRITES: GRA BOSS “ABSCONDS” OVER

SML/GRA INVESTIGATIONS

The attention of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been drawn to a Facebook post
by Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and an online publication by ghextractives.com on
Wednesday, January 10, 2024, captioned, “Ablakwa writes: GRA boss “absconds”
over SML/GRA investigations”.

Management of the GRA wishes to categorically state that, the Commissioner-General of

GRA, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has not absconded as stated in the said
publication.

The Commissioner-General is currently on a scheduled six (6) day leave which had been
approved a month ago. Rev. Dr. Owusu-Amoah will resume work on Monday, 15th
January, 2024. While on leave, every engagement that is required of him or GRA in the
Audit by KPMG is being diligently attended to either by himself or one of the
commissioners.

Management of the GRA finds the publication to be a total misrepresentation of facts. It

is a malicious, sensational, misleading and deliberate attempt to damage the reputation
of the Commissioner-General, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and the GRA as a
whole.

We hereby demand an immediate retraction of the said publication from all media
platforms and an unqualified apology from Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and
ghextractives.com for the misrepresentation of facts.

Management of GRA wishes to assure the public that we are committed to our mandate
of revenue mobilization with integrity, fairness and professionalism.

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